At this time, Zheng Zhilong still had more than a thousand warships of various types, more than 100,000 troops, and was mostly stationed in the coastal areas of Quanzhou Prefecture and some islands.
Although he had given up most of the land in Fujian, it was nothing to Zheng Zhilong, because Zheng Zhilong's career has always been in the sea, not on land. Once the Qing army really attacked Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong did not plan to
Fight hard with the Qing army, and rafting in the sea, temporarily avoiding the Qing army's edge, and then return to the land after the Qing army withdrew. Or turn to Guangdong for development. In any case, there are many islands in the southeast coastal area, and I want to find a place to stay
The land was not difficult, and the Qing army had no navy, so they could not do anything to him.
It is precisely because of these situations that the Qing army still dared not underestimate Zheng Zhilong, because the navy was still the weakest link of the Qing army. Therefore, after discussing with Luke Dehun, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered all Qing troops to retreat thirty miles.
To show that the Qing court did not intend to be an enemy of Zheng Zhilong, Hong Chengchou wrote a handwritten letter to Zheng Zhilong, saying: "The reason why I value generals is that the general can establish the vassal of the Tang Dynasty. If a minister has the responsibility of the master, he must
Exercise his strength. If he can't defeat the heavens, he will turn to the clarity and make achievements in the time. This is a heroic cause. If the general does not assist the leader, why should I use the general? Moreover, the two Guangdongs have not yet been settled, and now the seal of the governor of Fujian and Guangdong is cast to serve as a minister
treat."
After receiving this letter from Hong Chengchou, Zheng Zhilong was extremely happy. The separatist rule of Guangdong and Fujian became independent was the result Zheng Zhilong hoped to get. At the same time, he also believed that his maritime strength was backed up. Even if the dynasty was changed, he could still stand firm. However, because
He received a letter from Shang Yi, which made Zheng Zhilong unable to fully trust the Qing court. Therefore, he wrote to Hong Chengchou, saying that he would rather surrender to the Qing court, but he also listed various reasons and refused to leave Quanzhou. At the same time, he mentioned in the letter,
Hong Chengchou's mother is staying in Quanzhou, and she is very kind to him, etc.
Hong Chengchou and others also knew that Zheng Zhilong was still suspicious and did not dare to come to Fuzhou easily, so they were also discussing how to lure Zheng Zhilong to Fuzhou. At this moment, the news that the Qing army suffered a tragic defeat in the third attack on Hubei was also reported.
From Nanjing to Fuzhou...
After Wen Xun, Hong Chengchou, Luke Dehun, Jueluo Bahana and others, they were all shocked. It was Hong Chengchou that he had almost no idea that he had formulated three attacks when he left Nanjing, and they had to join forces and move.
After nearly 70,000 troops, I felt that it was foolproof and was defeated by the merchant army. Therefore, Hong Chengchou also felt that the matter in Fujian must be ended as soon as possible so that he could rush back to Nanjing and preside over the overall situation of using troops in Hubei.
But if we want to end the Fujian incident as soon as possible, we must dispel Zheng Zhilong's doubts about the Qing army. Therefore, Hong Chengchou decided to take a risk and go to Quanzhou to meet Zheng Zhilong in person. Only in this way can Zheng Zhilong's suspicion be completely dispelled and to lure him to Fuzhou
Target.
Of course, Hong Chengchou's move was also carefully considered, not impulsive, because in the current situation, it is almost certain that Zheng Zhilong intends to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but he is just confused. Such an idea would have happened to anyone, so Hong Chengchou
Although he went to Quanzhou alone, the actual danger was not great. Another proof was that Hong Chengchou's old mother and relatives were still raised in Quanzhou by Zheng Zhilong, which also shows that Zheng Zhilong did not intend to tear his eyelids with the Qing court, and he still left him with all his life.
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Sure enough, after Hong Chengchou arrived in Quanzhou, Zheng Zhilong was extremely excited. In the past few days, Zheng Zhilong was also very nervous because he was worried that his behavior would cause dissatisfaction with the Qing court, thus completely severing negotiations with him. Moreover, within the Zheng clan Although some people agree with Zheng Zhilong's plan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, many people oppose it. Zheng Chenggong has repeatedly advised Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai and others also believe that with the current strength of the Zheng family, it is completely possible. It is unrivaled in the sea of power, so why do you have to surrender to the Qing court?
Now that Hong Chengchou came to Quanzhou alone, Zheng Zhilong was completely convinced that the Qing court was indeed negotiating with him sincerely, so he naturally felt relieved. He also warmly welcomed Hong Chengchou and his party in Quanzhou, and at the same time reunited Hong Chengchou's family. He also knew that Hong Chengchou had returned When he was visiting his mother at home, he was complained and beaten by Hong's mother, and he was accused of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and insulting the family. Zheng Zhilong also came to the door to argue with Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou was so moved that he burst into tears on the spot and thanked Zheng Zhilong repeatedly.
In this way, Hong Chengchou lived in Quanzhou for three days and met various conditions with Zheng Zhilong to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing court and surrendered to the Qing court. The Qing court appointed Zheng Zhilong as the governor of Guangfu and stationed in Guangdong and Fujian. Zheng Zhilong must also obey the Qing Dynasty. The court dispatched to help the Qing court pacify various parts of the south. Because when the Qing army was using troops against Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong had to send troops from the sea to cooperate with the Qing army's attack, and of course he had to shave his head.
The conditions offered by Hong Chengchou are also very reasonable, and Zheng Zhilong is not surprised. On the contrary, if Hong Chengchou does not mention any conditions and just agrees to Zheng Zhilong's request, Zheng Zhilong will feel something is wrong. For Zheng Zhilong, whether he shaves his hair or not, and It doesn't matter, as a result, you can also act according to the opportunity to help the Qing army fight in the future. Therefore, I agreed.
Then Hong Chengchou proposed to Zheng Zhilong that he would go to Fuzhou with him to go through the formal procedures for surrendering the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, the Qing army would withdraw from Fujian and hand over the local area to Zheng Zhilong for management.
Since both sides had already talked about this step, Zheng Zhilong should have gone to Fuzhou, whether it was emotional or reasonable. At this time, Zheng Zhilong had completely believed in Hong Chengchou and the Qing court, so he happily agreed to move forward.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong, who was stationed on Kinmen Island, had already received a letter from Shang Yi. He heard that his father was going to Fuzhou to discuss surrender with the Qing army. He also rushed back to Quanzhou in person, knelt down and cried, urging his father, " A tiger cannot leave the mountain, and a fish cannot leave the abyss; if it leaves the mountain, it will lose its power; if it leaves the abyss, it will be trapped and killed immediately. My father should think twice and move.”
But Zheng Zhilong had no idea what was going on at this time and insisted on going to Fuzhou in person to discuss the matter of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, he was also preparing to take Zheng Chenggong to Fuzhou with him, and also expressed his sincerity to surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.
Seeing that his father could not be persuaded, Zheng Chenggong remembered what Shang Yi said in his letter, so he returned to Kinmen overnight to observe the changes in the situation. He also left a letter to Zheng Zhilong: "The father has never taught his son to be loyal, but he has never heard of him to be frugal. Now If the father doesn't listen to his son's words, if there is any accident in the future, the son will only be white."
The next day, Zheng Zhilong disappeared Zheng Chenggong. When he saw the letter, he couldn't help but scold Zheng Chenggong for being a rebellious son, full of violent words. However, at this time, Zheng Chenggong had returned to Kinmen, and Zheng Zhilong had to take his youngest son Zheng Du, five hundred soldiers, and Hong Chengchou. Let's set off together and head to Fuzhou.
After arriving in Fuzhou, Luke Dehun was warmly entertaining Zheng Zhilong at first and swore an arrow with Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong thought he had the plan and was completely relieved. Even the five hundred soldiers he brought were disbanded.
On the third night, Luke Dehun suddenly announced his camp to return to Beijing and ordered Zheng Zhilong to follow the army north. Zheng Zhilong was shocked and realized that he had been trapped, but at this time he was trapped in Fuzhou, there were only a dozen followers.
He was powerless to resist. Although Zheng Zhilong was unwilling to surrender, he finally tried hard and said to Lukede: "Northern King, Zhilong's original wish, but his children are so unworthy. Now he has a sea of troops. What if there is any accident?"
I want to use my own troops to threaten Luke Dehun and make my best efforts.
But the Qing army had already made a decision on this, and Luke Dehun's answer was: "This has nothing to do with you, and it is not my concern." He also brought paper and pen and asked Zheng Zhilong to write a few letters in person to persuade him to surrender.
The main generals of the Zheng army. At this time, Zheng Zhilong, who was slaughtered by the Jin, could only write letters to his relatives and generals according to Luke Dehun's request. He asked them to all of them to surrender to the Qing army in Fuzhou.
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After receiving Zheng Zhilong's letter at Kinmen, Zheng Chenggong immediately replied to the letter and refused to surrender to the Qing army, saying: "Since you cannot help the king, you will be in trouble, and the sect and society will fall into the land. How can you bear to betray your kindness and survive and rebelliously? The lord ignored it.
It is unknown whether it is true that you don’t remember the ancestral temple or throw yourself into the tiger’s mouth. Zhao Wu and Wu Yuan’s affairs, the ancients always wanted to be great, but only the greats worked hard to love themselves, and do not think about success.”
Those who refused to surrender to the Qing army as well as Zheng Chenggong were Zheng Cai, who was in the Zhongzuo Institute of Xiamen, Zheng Hongkui of Kinmen, and Chen Bao from Nan'ao. However, the vast majority of Zheng's generals, including Zheng Zhibao, Shi Tianfu, Hong Xishan, and Huang Ting.
Shi Lang and others put down their weapons and surrendered to the Qing army with their troops. The huge Zhengjia private army collapsed in a daze. In the end, the total number of troops surrendered to the Qing army reached 113,000.
There were more than a thousand people and nearly 600 warships. In addition, the Qing army in the early stage of attacking Jiangxi, Fujian surrendered the Southern Ming army, which had surrendered in Fujian, suddenly surrendered more than 150,000 Ming troops from various units.
During this period, the Qing army also captured Quanzhou Prefecture, the last place in Fujian, and also entered Zheng Zhilong's hometown Anping, and then plundered everywhere. Zheng Zhilong had been traversing the sea for nearly twenty years, and had accumulated huge wealth that could be used to enemy countries.
The Qing army robbed them all.
Zheng Zhilong has been closely guarded by the Qing army and has been under house arrest. Almost all of Fujian was occupied by the Qing army and has plundered huge wealth. Although there are still a few remnants of Zheng's private army in the coastal areas, they refuse to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
However, Hong Chengchou and Luke Dehun both believed that the overall situation was settled now, and this little remnant situation could not be achieved. Therefore, the mission of his trip to the south had been successfully completed and he was also ready to return to Nanjing.
Before leaving, Hong Chengchou also recruited the main generals of the Qing army and assigned the next task. The military affairs of the entire Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong were handed over to Jueluo Bahana, and he was stationed in Fujian to clear out the remnants of the Zheng family;
Jin Shenghuan led the army, stationed in Jiangxi, and cooperated with another group of troops to attack Hunan; Shang Kexi led the army, attacked Guangdong. At the same time, all the generals under Zheng Zhilong's troops were also assigned to each of them to serve.
Then Hong Chengchou and Lukedehun took Zheng Zhilongji and his relatives to escort the huge amount of wealth they had plundered, and also brought an army of 50,000 to return to Nanjing.